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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL \V. WEISS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS,TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF OHIO.

CASH REGISTER, RECORDER, AND CHECK-PRINTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,840, dated January9, 18941 ppli i n 1 December 80, 1801- lonewod Kay 17, 1893. Serial U0-47L562. (Ho model.).

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL W. Wmss, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York,'have inventedcertain new and useful Improvementsin Cash-Registers; and I do. hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description thereof,'reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon,making a part of this specification.

This application is a. renewal or continuation of application, SerialNo. 416,551, filed by me December 30, 1891.

The invention relates-to that class of mashines in which are employed anactuating device or-driving member which is given a uniform movement ateach operation of the machine; a driven member, such as an indienter, aregister, or a type wheel; means, as a latch or clutch device,intermediate the driving and driven members for intermittentlyconnecting and disconnecting them, to cause the driving member to impartdifferent portions of its uniform movements to the driven member; and aseries of keys, steps or tripsrepresenting dififerent amounts andco-operating with the latch 01 connecting means between the driving anddriven'mem-,

bers to determine the extent of movement imparted by the former to thelatter.

Various forms of machines embodying the above elements and having thesame general mode of operation are well known, In all of them with whichI am familiar the driving member has been given its movement at eachoperation of the machine either by a crank, lover or other suitablehandled devicedirectly actuating the driving member, or by meanscontrolled by a like independent handle or key, and the mode ofoperation consisted in pressing in orsetting the proper keys and thengiving the driving member its definite movement by a separate operationof the handled device. I

One feature of my invention consists in a new mode of operation ofmachines-of this class, under which the simple operation or setting ofthe proper key or keys'will cause the driving member to be given itsdefinitemovcaventby a suitable motor cont-rolled'by the keys, toimpartth'e'proper portion of/ufs movement to the driven member; and to thisend the novelty of this featur'e of my inven tion consists in thecombination of the usual or any suitable driving member or actnatingdevice having a definite movement at each operation ofthe machine,- adriven member, as a register, indicator or type wheel, suitable means,as a latch or clutch device,-for intermittently connecting the drivingand driven members, a' motor,such as a spring, for moving the drivingmember, meaus,such as a'detent, for holding the motor in check, and aseries of' keys, stops br trips co-operating.

with the detent to release the motor and also co-operating with thelatch or connecting devibe to determine the extent of movement to beimparted by the driving to the driven member; as will be hereinaftermore fully explained.

Other features of my invention relate to a printing wheel which isrotated or oscillated to present the desired character at the printingpoint, is shifted laterally to bring the de sired character into theproper relative positions to represent different denominations, and iscaused to print the several figures of a given number in succession; toan adding mechanism in which each wheel, besides being advanced'one stepby every complete revolution of the next preceding wheel of lowerdenomination, is also adapted to bendvanced any desired number of stepsby a single gear which is antomatieall y shifted to opcrate-insuccession the several wheels of the series; and to variousconstructions, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafterdescribed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical section on the linem- '-'xofFig. 2. Fig. 2 isa vertical sectiomon the line y-y of Fig. 1, theeasing-and a part of the interior frame being alsoirepresented' insection on a diiIerent plane. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line z'z of Fig. ,1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a portionot themechanism for setting the print wheel. Fig. 5 is adetail view ofthe-iockin'g-plate and parts immediately connectedtherewitb. Figs. 6 and7 aredetail views'in perspective of parts to be referred to. and Fig.8'is a detail view inperspective of a portion of the adding mechanism;'Fig,

The motor employed may be an ordinary clock-spring 10 secured to a shaft11, 'to which are fixed a usual ratchet-wheel 12and a crank 13, astop-pin 14-being fixed in the 'path of the latter. to limit its motion.See Figs. 1, 2 and 10. A gear 15, loose upon the shaft 1.1, carries apawl 15*, which is adapted to engage the ratchet-wheel 12 to-propel themechanism and to slip idly over the ratchet-wheel during the movement ofthe crank 13 to wind up.- the spring. A pinion 16,- supported upon astud 17, is engaged and driven by the gear 15', and the relation betweenthe two is such, so in the machine shown, that the pinion makes fivecomplete rotations during a complete movement of the gear 15 and crank13; The pinion 16 is' formed with or fixed toa disk 18 which is notched,as at '19, or is' otherwise formed to be engaged and held against thestress of the spring 10 by a detent 2 0. The latter is pivoted at 21 andbearsa projecting pin 22 which is engaged by an arm 23 extendingfrom aspring-pressed locking-plate 24, Figs. 5 and 9. Spring-seated keys 25,Figs. 1, 4, 5, 9 and 10, representing the several values from to 9, areformed to engage-with said plate in such manner that the inward movementof any one key shifts the plate to 5 release the key last-pressed in,while the key newly pressed in is retained by the plate un' til it isreleased in its turn. The -construotion and operation of the keys andthe look-' ing-plate are as snbstantiallydescribed in Letters Patent ofthe United States-No. 443,024, granted to me December 16, 1890, andarefully illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. The inner end of each key-stem,-seeFig. 4,-is formed with a lateral recess'b, embracing the' retaining 5plate b (Fig. 5) and is also formed in a planeat' right angles with,that'of the recess b, with two notches e and f, the one e to engagewith the locking-plate'24 when the key is in its outer position,and theother when the key is pushed 50 in. The portion of the stem between thetwo notchesis not only formed as awedge g to move the locking-plate 24when the key is ushed in, but is formed'with a second bevel iinclinedtoward the outer end of the key,

5 5 to prevent the possibility of the key being caught and held by theedge of. the lockingplate 24 and to utilize the spring of the key to aidin throwing the locking-plate to re lease the detent 20, throughthe arm23 and 60 pin 22, from the disk-18 and permit the spring to produce themovements hereinafter referred to. The locking plate 24 may be looselymounted on a stud (see Fig. 5) which is fixed tothe frontcasing of theregister, 65 and is notched peri herally, as at m, m, for cooperationwith the key-stems.- A spring n, which may be coiled about a 'lixed pin9 projecting through a hole in the plate, presses against a pin pcarried by the plate and normally maintains the plate in the positionshown in Figs. 5 and 9 so that the inward movement of a key shall movethe plate in opposition to the spring.

An eccentric pin 30.0n the disk 18, (see Fig. 2,) is connected by a link31 with a gear segment 32 which is fixed to a shaft 33 sup ported inbearings 34. in the supporting framework and easing of the mechanism.The gear segment meshes with and drives a a pinion 35 and the-relationsbetween the two and between the connections of the link 31 with the'diskand the'segment are such that the pinion 35 is given a complete rotationin one direction and then in the other for every rotation of the pinion16. The pinion 35also carries with it a disk 36 which is notched'as at37 for the engagement therewith of a dog 38.

See Figs. 1,2, 4 and 9. The pinion 35 and disk I 36 are loose uponashaft 39, which is supported in bearings in a bracket 40 and standard41, while-the dog 38 is fast upon the end of a rock shaft 42 which hasshearing in an arm 43 fixed" to the shaft 39. To the otherend of theshaft 42 is fixed an arm 44, Fig. 4 bearing a pin '45 which underliesthe tail of a trip-latch 46 pivoted upon the shaft 42. The dog 38 isnormally pressed into the notch 37 by a spring a. and the arm 43 andshaft 39 are consequently compelled to move with the pinion 35, but thetrip latch moves in such proximity to the .ends of the keys 25 thatwhena keyis pressed in, the outer-end of the latch 46 will strike theinnerend of that key and through the pin 45 and arm 44, rock.the shaft42 and raisethe dog 38 from the notch in the'disk 36 and the latter willcontinue to rotatewhile the movement of the shaft 39 will be checked..To insure the stopping of the shaft 39 in certain and definitepositions the dog 38 is formed with a head 38" to engage, when the dogis raised fromthe notch in the disk 36, with one of the notches of aninteriorl y notched or startoothed ring or plate 47, Fig. 2.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that at thebeginning of any given operation of the machine the gear 35 and its disk36'are-coupled to the shaft 39 by the engagement of the dog 38 with thenotch in the disk; that when any one of the keys 25 is pressed in thedetent 20 will be disengaged from the notch in the disk 18 and therebyrelease the motor and permitit to give said disk 18 a completerevolution that this revolution of the-disk 18 willroscillate thesegmental rack 32 back-aud forth through its limit of movement andimpart. a complete revolution to the gear 35 and disk 36, first in onedirection and then in the other; that during the revolution of the disk.36 in a forward direction the engagement of the dog 38 with its notchwill cause'the shaft 39 to be carried with the disk until the latch 46strikes the end of the'key which has been pressed in, whereupon theshaft 42 will he rocked and the dog 38 lifted out of the notch in thedisk 36, and the shaft 39. positivelyarrested by the engageme'ntofthelatch 46 with the key, while.

the disk 36 will complete its forward revolution alone. The shaft 39will thus be turned with the disk 36 from initial position to a pointdetermined by the operated key, and this shaft may thus be caused-toimpart'toa register, indicator ortype wheel a degree of movementproportionate to the valneof such operatedkey. When, duringthe returnbackward revolution of the disk 36, the notch in said disk is broughtunder the nose of the dog- 38 the latter will'immediately spring intosaid notch and the shaft 39 will therebybe again coupled to the disk 36and carried back to initial position; In this mariner, at eachoperation-of the machine the shaft 39 is first moved a distancedetermined by the operated key, and then rstoredtoinitial position,

The gear 35, disk 36, latch 46, dog 38, shaft 39, and keys 25, are quitesimilar, both in an rangement and in their cooperation with eachotheryto the corresponding parts in my prior patent heretofore referredto, and .in machines now in generaL-use, the principal ditference beingthat in such prior patent and machines the operating lever or handle wasgeared to thedriving disk 36, insteadof saiddisk being geared to a motorcontrolled by the keys. Such being the case the novelty ofthis featureof my'present invention does not reside in the particular constructionand arrangement of any of these parts, for in other f styles of machineshaving the same general mode of operation the construction andarrangenient of-the ditfernt. It is not essential in many machines thatthedriving member should have a complete revolutiomeither in onedirection or back and forth in opposite directions; nor is it essentialthat the driving and driven members should be connected at initialposition, as above described, and disconnected at difierent points bythe operated keys,since in some machines of this class the operated keysco-operate with the connecting devices between the driving anddi-ivenmembers in 'such awayas to connect'themat different points, and aseparate device causes them to be disconnected at a fixed point, so that'in such instances the variable .movements imparted by the driving to'the-driven member are produced by connecting-the two at different pointsand disconu'ectingthem at a fixed point, instead of connecting'them at afixed point and disconnecting them at difiarent points.

In therforegoing description the notched disk 36 may be termed thedriving member of the combination, the shaft 39 or the part actuated byit (whether it be an. indicator, register or type wheel) the drivenmember,

7 and the parts intermediate the disk 36 and shaft-39 the clutch deviceorlatch foninter mittently connecting the driving and driven members;but, as before stated, theelemcnts parts are or maybe radically machine.

corresponding to these three in other styles of machines, embodying thesame mode of operation and the novel feature of my present invention,may differ widely in form and arrangement. 7

So far as'I am aware I am the first. inthe art to combine, in amachineof this general character, adriving member or actuating device of anysort which has a uniform movement at each operation of the machine, adriven member of any sort or for any purpose, means of any kind betweenthe driving and driven members for intermittently connecting them, amotor of any sort for moving the driving member, detaining or'locki'ngmeans of any kind for holding the'm0t0r.in check, and a series of keys,stops or trips cooperating with the detaining means to release the motorand co operating also with the connecting meansv between the driving anddriven members to determine the extent of movement to be'imparted by theformer to the latter, whereby-the operation of the eptire machine ismade automatic and requires only the siniple operations of a key,insteadof the double operations of setting the key and thenindependently actuating'the driving member as heretofore; and myinvention in this respect isrestricted only bythe terms of my respectiveclaims in which it is set forth. It will be understood that the onlypurpose of the crank 13 applied to the shaft 11 is to wind up the motorspring, andthat this spring maybe wound up in anyothersuitable mannerand by any othersnitable-nieansi It will also be understood that themotor spring may be of fice for a considerable. number of operations ofthe machine. I

Where the shaft 39-(or the arm 43 carrying the latch and coupling dog,as in my prior patent-before referred to and in machines now in generaluse), is employed to actuate an indioator. the latch 46 will he providedwith a trigger or trip which will permit it to clear the end of thedperated key during the forward movement of the disk 36 and. cause it tobe arrested by such key and the dog 38 disengaged from the disk duringthe return backward movement of the disk, and thereby leave the shaftand indicator in'indicating position at the end of the operation of theAt the next operation of the machine andforward movement of the disk 36such length that one winding of it will suf- IIO the dog 38 will enterthe notch in thedisk as soonas the notch comes under the dog, and

, the dlsk will thencarry the shaft and indicator forward withit to theend of its forward revolution, and will then carry them backward with itnntil'the latch 46 or itstrigger engages the keywhich has been pressedin, whereupon the dog 38 will be disengaged from the disk 36 and thelatter will move on to initial position alone, while the shaft 39 andindicator will remain in the position determined by the key, as will bereadily un-' derstood. In-the machine which Ihave illustratediri thedrawings, however, the shaft 39 is'em'ployed toactu'ate a register andprinting wheel. For the former purpose it is connected to the drivinggear of the register by aratch'et'andpawl orcluteh connection which hillcause it to'oarry the driving gear with it in one direction. and moveindependently of it in the oppositedirection; but for'the lat-" forpurpose it--is geared directly to the print- V enceto Fig.1, and ofmotion in a plane at Ving'whee l, since it' is desired that the printingwheel shall at each operationbe turned .7

from zero orinitial position to print thenumber representing the valueof the operated key, and be returned toinitialposition at the" end ofthe operation. This printingwheel and its,v connection with the shaft 39may now be. described'as-follows: The shaft 39 is geared,- through bevelgears 49V and 5.0 to a short shaft'el, Flgs. 1, 3 and 6, whieh'issupportedimbearings in a bracket 52, and is connected, by a universaljoint 63'with a shaft 64, supported as .hereinafterdescribed andbearing. theprint-wheel 65., The wheel 65 is so supported as tobe'capable, not only of-rotarymotion, but of motionto audfl'OllL theplane of the paper upon which'the record is made-,jor from right toleftwith jreferright angles thereto as well, 1T0 this end said shaft hasa bearing'e6 carried by the end of au-arm 57 which', is-forke'd at} itslowe'r end, the extremities ofnthe. fork being pivotally connected intheline of the axis of' the uni; versal joint 63, to-the extremities of'a fork. 58 (see Figs-1 and 7)' which-oscillates on ja stud59 secured tothe bracket 52,- Ei'g, 6,w hieh bracket is secured to thesupportingstaiidard 41. The arm 57 is formed, iuthe' line-ofthe axis ofthe shaft59 with a hearing sore; the uppere'ud of a spindleriilgwhich is free tomove Vertically inaguide 62, carried by the bracket 52,-Figs. (land.7,a-ud.'in aguide '63 carried' byan arm 64 projectingffrom the."supporting staudard4l, Fig. 1.;-'A-collar'65,

may be fixed tothe spi'udleto limit the down ward movement thereof bycontact with. theoscillating shsf t33, hereinbefore re-- ferred to, hasflxed'ihetetofiashort arm- G6 which may-be provided-wit-liasmall roller67, Fig.2, Just at' thefcompletion of the first movement of. said armand sh'a'ft33 toward the left in- Fig. 2, the arm strikes the lower endof the spindleand-raises the same,causing the arm 57 -to swing on itspivot ahd to throw the wheeleeinto contact with the paper. Beforethisaction teliesfplace, however, it is necessary that .the wheel 55 should'be swung laterallyin order to bring'the figure thereon which has beenset at the line of print,,into the proper position .to represent thedesireddenominatiou. L I

As before stated, the fork 58 to-which' the arm, 57 is pivoted is'itselfsupported by a stud 59. An arm 69 is secured to the hub 59* of the fork58, Figs; 1 and 3, and bears a small wheel or roller 70 which is adaptedto rest,

under the inhuence of a suitable spring attached-to the armmpon' theperiphery of a cam71 which is flied to a shaft 72 supported in hearingsin the 'staudardll and in the casing; .Said shaft 72 is adapted to berotated step by step, by means hereinafter described,

and the cam 71 has its periphery made up, in thecon'struction shown inthe drawings, of five sections. When the mechanism is in'the positionshown, that is, ready to begin its move: ment, after the rotation of thecrank 13 to wind the motorspring-IO, the roller 70 rests upon thehighest-point of the cam 71.- The first movement of theshaft -72 willthrow the point of the cam 71 away from the collar 70 and allow therolier to drop upon the lowest point of the cam, Fig.- 3, therebycausing-the wheel 55 to swing into its'extreme left hand position, oriuto .the hundreds oolurnnof dollars. The next movement of the mechanismafter asec- 0nd key is depressed will swing the wheel into nes'ition toprint tens of dollars, and so on for'the five successive movements, thelast mevementcausing the wheel65 to assume its extreme right handposition for printing units ;or .ce'nts.

' In'order that the shaft 72 maybe turned,

with each movement .of the mechanism, through one-fifthf.of a rotationit has aflixe'd to it a notchedldisk orratchet-wheel 73, Figs. Land 2,havihg five notches 01' teeth. These notches are engaged successively byavsprin g pressed pawl 74 (Fig. 2) which is carried by alarm 75'fi xedtothe shaft'63, so that'at each oscillation of said sh'aft'the disk orratchetwheel-73, shaft 72 andcam 71 are advanced one-fifth of a'rotatiom: A suitable holding-pawl 76 is provided to prevent back ",ivardmovement-of the ratchet.- wheelli 3.v For the purposeof steadying themoyentent of the shaft 33 and of themec'hanism actuated thereby aweightedarm'Wmay be fixed upon said shaft;.fi

Theniechanism above described has forits {object to eitect thepropermovements of the recording or printing wheel 55.

I will now proceed to describe themechanism or causingtheproperrmovem'ent-of the paperjipon-whieh the wheel55 makes its im printsand of theinking-ribbon. The roll 80' of. paper may be .snpportedin a.suitable'casbig 81 fixed in aconvenient proximity to the priut-wheel 55.Thence the'paperisled over a bearin'g82, to give-theproper degree oftension and abouts driving roll 83wh ich is journaled in aframe S4 to'awiuding roll 85 journaled in the arms 86 of "said frame, "Aguide 87. maybe interposed between 'the-driving-roll 83' and thewindingmoll 85; Tiredriving-roll 83 issupported in suchprorimityto the printwheel fie'thatit constitutes an impressionrolleror platen for said print-wheehand forthis purpose its surface may be covered with suitable material 88, asrubber. Thewinding-roll ruby be driveh by means of a band 89 and 'puleys 90and 91. Fixed to' the shaft of the pulley'ill or formed therewithis a ratchet-wheel 92 which is adaptedto be driven bya pawl-93, carriedby an arm 94 which is fised to a sleeve 95 supported by a stud 96, Fig.3. A bent lever 97 is forked to embrace said sleeve arid is pivotedthereon as at 98 to swing in a plane at right angles to the plane ofmovement of the arm 94. The lower end 99 of said lever 97is bent so asto stand when so permitted in-the path of movement of a roller 100carried by an arm 101 which is fixed to the shaft 33, Figs. 1 and 3. gThe lever 97.also bearsa finger 102 which is adapted to rest normallyupon the periphery of a disk 103 fixed on the shaft 72 or to drop into anotch 104 formed in the periphery of, said disk. The oteh in said disk103 is formed at such a point in the periphery of the disk as that thefinger 102 will drop into it just as the mechanism before described foractuating the pr nt wheel completes its fifth movement. In this mannerthe driving roll 83 is actuated and the paper is-advanced just after thelast figure of the amount registered has been printed, whether suchfigures be (0) or a significant figure. By the co-operation of thefinger 102 with the disk 103 the lever 97 is held out of the path of theroller 100 during the preceding movements of the mechanism andadvancement of the paper is consequent 1y prevented until the propermoment. The inking ribbon may be carried ,by spools 111 and 112supportedby standards 113 and 114, Fig. 2. Theactuating shaft 115 of the spool112 extends downward through the standard 114 and is provided at itslowerend with ratchet-wheel 116. Said ratchet-wheel s adapted to beactuated by a pawl 117- which is carried by anarm .118 of the fork 58,(see Fig. 7,) and 18 caused by its oscillations to advance theratchet-wheel and shift the ribbon slightly with ever movement of theprint wheel. Ahood' 55 may be fixed to the top'of the casmgof theregister to cover and protect the print-wheel and theportions of theshaft 54 and arm 57 which project above the main casing.

The adding mechanism which has now to be descr bed, is in generalconstruction similar that usnally'employed, but instead of having thewhole train driven through the units wheel alone, is so far modified asto permit each wheel tlODS to be operated independently'of the 4 wheelof the next lower denomination while at the same time it may beoperated; when necessary, by the wheel of the next lower ,denomination.The several number wheels 120, 120, Figs. 1 and 8, are mounted to rotateupon a fixed shaft 121, and eachhas fixed theneto on one side a gear 122and on the other-side a ten-toothed gear 123, except the first wheel ofthe series which has no gear 1223. Upon a second fixedshaftlz'lt-is'mounted to rotate a-series of gears 125, 125, meshing respectvely'with and equal to the gears 122, and

having fixed thereto the single-toothed gears 12(.1-2 6,wuicn areadapted to'drive the gears of the higher denomina-- 123. The severalgears ma v be provided with pawls or may have sutficient friction uponthe shafts "to prevent overrnnning. By these means each numbenwheelmaybe advanced by means independent of the wheels of lower denominationswhile itcauses the proper advancement of the wheels of the higherdenominations. The gears 125 are'adapted to be engaged in succession bya pinion 127, which is equal to the gear 125 and which is splin-ed toits shaft 128 seas to slide longitudinally thereon while being compelledto rotate therewith. Said shaft 128 has suitable hearings in the casingand in a standard 129 and has fixed thereon a ratchet-wheel 130 whichmay be engaged by a.hold-pawl 131 to prevent backward rotation of theshaft. Said shaft 128' is connected bya slipping clutch 132 with theoscillating shaft 89 hereinbefore described, so that the shaft 128 maybe driven in one direction by said shaft 39. It will be evident that, asthe shaft 39 is oscillated at each movement of its oscillatingmechanism, to an extent corresponding to the value represented by thekey 25 which has been pressed in, the shaft 128 will be rotated-to acorresponding extent, but in one direction only, and that the addingmechanism will thereby be advanced to add the value of the key pressedin to the amount already registered. The pinion 127 is embraced by anarm of a fork 133 which 'slides upon a rod 131 and car ries a-smallwheel or roller 135 which is pressed by a spring 130 attached to thefork, against the edge of a cam 137 fixed to the shaft 72. Asbeforestated, the shaft 72 is rotated step by-step, through one-fifth of arotation at each movement of the actuating-mechanism-by means of thepawl 74 and ratchet 73, Fig. 2. The edge of" the cam 13? may beconsidered as composed of five sections and the move ment of eachsection under the roller 135 causes the movement of the pinion 127 fromone gear 125 to another. In the initial position of the whole mechanismthe roller 135 stands upon the highest point of the cam 137 so that inthe first movement of the mechanism from the position shown in thedrawings the spring 136 pulls the-gear 127 into its extreme left-handposition and carries it into engagement with the gear 125 which drivesthe hundreds nu mboring \vheeL- At this time the shaft 128 is stationaryas during the first forward movement of the shaft 39 the teeth of thetwo members of the clutch 132 slip idly over each other. The cam 137owing to its ratchet and pawl connection 73, 74, with the .shaft 33ceases its movement as soon as the shaft 33 completes the forwardmovement of its oscillation. Upon the return movement o he shaft 33 theshaft 39 is turned a distance'determined by the operated key and throughits clutch connection 132 with the shaft 128 turns the latter withit'andadvances the hundreds numbering wheel the proper distance to registerthe value of the operatedkey. On the next movement of the mechanism the123' may rotate without moving the single toothed gear of the next lowerdenomination the addition can commence, as described, with the'highestdenomination, and as the single toothed gearwill .advance theten-toothed gear of the next higher denomination one step every time itcompletes a rotation the proper changesin the number wheels will bemadewhenever the total of the figure npoua given wheel already at the sightopening (not shown) and of the number to he -added thereto, equals orexceeds ten.

Tolillustrate the operation of my improved register let itbe supposedthat a sale ainounting to three hundred andv ninety dollars andseventeen cents is to be recorded. The printwheel 55 stands intheposition in which it is always left, thatfis, in-its extremeright-hand position with the 0 opposite the ceutscolnmn and clear of thepaper, Fig. 2, and the crank" 13'stands onthe side of the stop-pintoward the observer, reference being had toiFig. 1.

The crank is then turned until it strikes the other side. of thestop-pin, thereby winding up the motor spring as indicated in-saidfigure. The 5 3 key is'then pressedin thereby moving the locking-plate24, causing its arm 23 to lift the detent from the notch in the disk 18,Figs. 2, 5 and 9; and allowing thedisk 18 and. pinion 16 to move underthe inlicence of the motor. The plate 2-t immo-' 'diately springs back,as described, so that the ner end of the 3 key and lifts the dog 38detent 20 falls again into the notch 'as soon as the disk 18 and pinion.16 have completed one rotation. Diiring-this rotation the segment 32through the link 31, Fig. 2, is oscillated to and fro, causing acomplete rotation of the gear 35 and disk first in one .direction andthen'in the other. The shaft 39 is carried with the disk 30 during theforward rotation until thetrip-latch 46 strikesthe infrom the notch inthe'disk 36 and locks it in the star plate 47,Figs.2 and 4, Through thedescribed connections from the shaft 39, Fig. 1, the print-wheel 55 is'thus rotated to bring the type-character 3 to the printing point and isthere stopped. At the some time,the oscillatio'n of the shaft 33 towhich the segment 32 is secured, through the pawl 7.4, ratchetwheel 73,cam 71', arm 69, shaft-59, fork 58 and arm 57,.shifts the print-wheel 55laterally to bring the typecharaeter 3 opposite the hundreds column.Just at the Icomple-;

tion of the'forward movement of-tlie shaft 33, which is synchronous withthe forward movement of the gear 35, the arm 66strikes and raises thespindle 61 and throws the printwheel against the paper as it passes overthe impression and driving roll 83. -Onfthe .return movement of thepinion and. disk 36 the-dog 38 drops into the notch in the disk 36,rotates the shaft 39 backward andrestoree the print-wheel to its normalposition -with the 0 in the line of print.- The printwheel, however, isleft opposite the hundreds column as the ratchet-wheel 73 is moved onlyduring the forward movement of the shaft 88. Durin these movements theink-ribbon H0 is shi ted by the meansbefore referred to, and by means ofthe contact of the finger102 with theperi-phery of the disk 103 thelever 97 is held out of the path of the arm 101 and the paper-feedingmechanism is not actuated.

The action of the adding mechanism during these'movements'has alreadybeen fully de scribed and need not be referred to further. As beforestated, thedetent 20 drops into the notch 19 in the disk .18, 'when thelatter has completed a rotation, and consequently stops the wholemechanism after one cycle of operations as described. The 9 is thenpressed in and in' the manner before set forth the print-wheel 55 isrotated to,bring the typecharacter 9 to the printing-point, is sh ftedlaterally that itmaystand opposite the tens column on the tape-and ismoved against the tape to produce an impression thereon; and the cam 137is advanced one step to bring the pinion 127.into engagmentlwith thetensgear 125; .on the ret urn movement of thesegment 32 the print-wheel isrotated backward to bring the 0 to the printing-pointand thepinaion 127is rotated to add 0 to the amount already indicated by, the hundreds andtens wheels of ,the adding mechanism. 1 The mechanism'bein'g stoppedas-befo're by the detent 20., it is release again by-pressing the 0 key:In this'case the operations are the same as before, save that, asthe trip-latch 46 strikes the end of the 0*ltey as soon as the move ment beginsand consequently the shaft 39 is not rotated at all, neither theprintwheel 55 nor the gear 127- is rotated at all. Nevertheless theprint-wheelis caused to print a 0' and the gear 127 is properly shiftedinto engagement with theunits wheel 125.

The action of' the mechanism when the 1 and ys are operated need notbe-fur ther described except to note that during the final movement ofthe mechanism the notch 104: in the disk 103 moves under the finger 102allowing the lower end'90 of the lever}? to stand in the path of the arm101 so as to be struck thereby just as the movement-is completed therebyadvancing thepaper after the "final imprint has been made. It will beevident, that, in case one'iigure was to be repeated one or more times,as in 222-, 00, the same key must be operatedtwoormore timesinsuccession'. I

In my said Patent No. 443,024, heretofore referred to, the locking-plate24 was shifted by each key previously operated,there being no occasionto operate one key two or more times in succession. In the present,case, therefore, independent meansjmnst be pro vided to release anykey'upon the com lotion of the round of movements e -blishe by its notch19 in operation. To this end,on that side of the the disk 18 which firstreaches the end of .the detent 20, is formed a cam proection 19 which,just before the notch itself reaches the end of the detent, moves saiddotent sufficiently the pin 22 and arm 23, and release any key held inby it. Should the number to be'i'egisteredoccupy a less number of placesthan the full number which the machine is capable of registering the 0key must be operatedsuccessively until the placeof the first significantfigure is reached, so that a record of seventeen cents would appearthus, 00017, upon the paper.

To indicate the amount of each sale for the benefit of theeustomer orfor any other reason, the papermay be so guided from one'roll 83 to theother 85 as to expose to view the last record printed thereon. In somecases it may also be desirable to print upon a separate check the amountof each sale. For this purposea check printing wheel 140 is supportedand geared to rotate and move with the print-wheel .55, Fig. 1. thepresent case as mounted uponthe shaft 54 below the wheel 55 V and asadapted to make an impression on a check which may he slipped betweenitself and a platen 11.1.

For the sake of clearness I have, throughout the foregoing description,made specific mention of the various parts, but it is to be understoodthat -I do not thereby limit myself to.

the exact detailsof construction shown and described, as it is obviousthat many variations might be made in the construction without.

departing from the spirit of my invention. Furthermore, it wheel mightbe, for each denomination, itself an indicator and that the mechanismfor setting the wheel to bring the desired character to a certain pointis no less applicable to a wheel or indicator rotating on a fixed axisthan to one mounted on a laterally movable axis. It is therefore to beunderstood, that while the term print-wheel is employed in the claimshereinafter, it is so employed for the sake-of uniformity and as aconvenient identification of the part. referred to but not with theintention of restricting the claims in every case to a wheel used solelyfor prod ucing an impression on paper.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of a print wheel bearing aseries of type figures or characters. and a platen co-opcratingtherewith, said wheel being mounted to rotate and' to swing laterallyupon a pivot parallel with theplaten, means to rotate saidwheel to bringthe desired type character to printing position, and

to swing it laterally to present said character at ditfer nt lines ofprint,aud means for causing printing impact between the wheel andplaten, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a. print wheel bearing aseries of type figures orcharaeters,a nd a platen co-operating therewith, said wheel to shift theplate 24, through I have shown it-in is evident that the print;-'

being mounted to swing upon a pivot in planes both parallel with and atright angles to the bring the desired character on the wheel to thelineof priut,au arm supporting the member of said shaft which bears theprint-wheel, means for shifting said arm laterally to cause thecharacter at the line of print to stand in different lines, and meansfor causing the printing impact between said wheel and itsplaten,substantiallyas shown and described. 4. The combination of aprint-wheel having thereon a series of typefigu res or characters, ashaft having a universal joint and carrying said wheel. an armsupporting the free member of said shaft and itself supported to swingin a plane parallelwith the plane of the paper, means to rotate saidshaft and bring the desired characteron the print-wheel to the line ofprint, means to shift said arm to cause the character at the line ofprint to stand in diflferent lines, and means for causing the printingimpact between said wheel and its platen, substantially as shown anddescribed.

5.. The combination of a print-wheel having thereon a series oftype-figures or characters, a shaft having a universal joint andcarrying said wheel,an arin supporting the free morn: ber of said shaft,a support for said-arm pi\-'- oted to oscillate in a plane parallel w ththe plane of print and to which support sa d arm is pivoted to swing ina plane at right angles to the plane of print, means to rotate {33thshaft to bring the desired character on the print-wheel to the line ofprint,iiieans to 5.x; I said arn1 in a plane parallel with the plane orprint, and means to move said arm in a pl ne at right angles to theplane of print, substantially as shown and described. I 6.Thecombination of a print-wheel, a shaft having a universal joint andcarrying said wheel, a transmitting shaft, a gear hav ng a clutchconnection with said. shaft, a series of keys for effectingthe'disengagement of said clutch and different points, means foractuating said gear, an arm supporting the free member of said jointedshaft and pivoted to swing in a plane at right angles to the plane ofprmt,acam-arm and intermediate connections for swinging said supportingarm, and means to actuate said cam-arm in synchronism with the movementof said gear, substam i tiallyas shown and described.

'7. The combination of a print-wheel, a shaft havinga universal jointand carrying szud IIS.

' wheel, a transmitting shaft, a gear having a clutch connection withsaid shaft, 9. series of keys for eifecting the disengagement of saidolutchat ditferent points, means for actuatmg said gear, anarmsupporting the free member of said jointed shaft and pivotallysupported to swing .in a plane parallel with the plane of print, a leverconnected therewith,a cam forvacting'upo'n said lever,'means toadvance'said cam in synchronism with the movements of said gear, andmeans for eausmg the printing impact between said wheel and its platen,substantially as shownand de-. scribed. l

. 8. Th'ecombination of aprint-wh'eeha shaft or driving said wheei,agear having a clutcheonnection with said shaft, a motor for said gear, adetent torsaid'motor, a series of keys,

- means intermediate said keysanddetent for releasing the'latte r by theoperation of any one or another-of the former, and means intermediatesaid keys and clutch. or efiecting the disengagement of the latter atdiiterent points,substa'ntially as shown and described.

9. The combination of'a print-wheel supported to move in a planeparallel with the plan of print, a cam'and connections between said camand wheel for shifting sa id'wheeLa motorand in termediategearingforadvancing said cam, a' detent for said motor, a single series ofkeys,and meansintermediate said keys and detent for releasing thelatter-by the on eration' of anyone or anotherof the former to pet'mitthe can) ,to move the wheel step'by step to diflerent lines of print,substantially as shown and described.

10. The combinationof a print-wheel supported to move both parallel andat right angles to the plane of print, a cam-arm for shifting saidwheel, a motor and intermediate gearing for actuating said cam-arm, adetent for said motor, a series of keys, and means intermediate saidk-eys and detent for releas mg the latter by the operation ofiany one oranother of the former-,substantiaily assliown and, described.

11. The combination of a print-wheel, a motor and an intermediate'trainof gearing for actuating said wheel, a notched disk carried by one ofthe train of gears and having a. cam rejection in advance of the notchgadetent ever adapted to engage with said notch and to be shifted by saidcam projection, a series of keys, a locking-plate adaptedto engage withand to be shifted by said keys,and a connection between saidlocking-plate and said detent lever, substantially as shown anddescribed. j

'12. The combination a'motor, a disk driven thereby, a gear segment,alink connection between said diskand segment, a pinion, a print-wheelsupported to rotate and to move in a plane at right angles with theplane of print, means intermediate said pinion and wheel fortransmittingthe rotary movement of the formento the latter and includinga olute means for disengaging said clutch, a

cam on the shaft of said gear segment, and means intermediate said camand said wheel to move the latter toward the plane of print,substantially as shown and described. a 13. The combination of a motor,a disk driven thereby, a gear segment, a link connection betweensaiddiskand segment, a pinion a print-wheelsupported to rotate and tomove in a plane parallel with the plane of pi'int,1means intermediate"said; pinion and wheel for transmitting the rotary movement. of theformer to the latter, and including a clutch, meansfor disengaging saidel.ntch,a 8o cam and means intermediate. said segmentg and said cam foradvancingthe-latter,-and a lever actuated by said cam and adapted toshift said wheel, substantially as shown anddescribed. I

14. The combination of a print-wheel, a motor to rotate said wheel.to'bringthe desired character to the line of print, a detent hold ingthe motor in check, a series of keyst'orreleasing the motor anddetermining the 'ex 0 tentof movement imparted to the print wheelmeansto support a record tape or papery-to receive theimprint of said wheel,a checkprinting wheel connected to rotate with saidprint-wheel,.and aplaten adapted to support; 5 a check in position to'receive the imprintof said check printin-g wheel, substantially as shown and described 115. The combination of a paper-feeding roll, a ratchet-wheel for drivingsaid roll, an aetutoo ating pawl, a levercarrying said pawhaeam foroperating said lever, and means for. hold ing said lever out of the pathof said cam, substantiallyasshoWn and described.

16. Thecoimina'tionot' apaper feedingroli, to; a ratchet-wheel fordriving said roll,an actu- 'ating pawl, a lever. pivoted to said arm toswing in-a plane atright angles to the plane of movement of said arm, acam to act upon ofthe path of said cam, substantially as shown 1 anddescribed. i I

" 17. Thecombinationofa paper-feeding roll,

a ratchet-wheel for driving said'rolL-an aotnsting pawl, a pivoted armcarrying said pawl, r 15 a lever pivoted to said'arm' to swing in aplane at right anglesto the plane of movement of said arm, and bearing aprojecting finger, a cam to act upon said lever,'and a rotating notcheddisk upon the periphery of which the r 20 finger of said cam lever isadapted to rest nor= mally, substantially-as shown and described.

-18t-.The combination with a spring-pressed locking plate, of a series.ot spring-pressed keys; ie'aehot said keys being movable in theliue'otits axis and formed with two notches to be; engaged by saidlocking-plate in the inher and'outer positions of -'the key respectivelyand the portion of the key betweenthe notches being beveled in bothdirectibnasubx3e stantially as shown and described.

19. The combination, in a register, of a serles of adding wheels, anactuating gear mov able parallel with the adding'wheeis to aotw saidlever, and means to hold said lever out no atesaid wheels in succession,a motor and in termediate means for rotating said gear and successivelyengaging it with the different adding wheels, means for holding themotor in check, and a series of keys for releasing the motorandcontrolling its movement of the j actuating gear, substantially asvdescribed.

'20. The'combiuation of a driving member or actuating device having auniform movemeat at each operationof fthe machine, a

driven member, means forintermittentlycons .necting the driving'anddriven members,

a motor-for moving the driving-member,

means for holding the motor in check, and a series of keysco-operatingwith themeans 1 for holding the motor in chec'k, to releasethe motor, and with the connecting means be-.

tween the driving and drivenmembers, to determine the extent of movementimparted I ing a given key the to the driven member, whereby uponoperattnotor will. beir'e'leased' and thedriving membergiv ena fullmovement and caused to impart to the driven memher a movementproportionate to the value of the operated key.

21. The combination of a driving member having a uniforni movement ateach operationof the machine, a driven member, a" latch forintermittently connectingthem,

. tion of the machine,a driven membea'a latch a spring motor for movingthe driving member, a detent for holding the motorin'check, and a seriesof keys co-operating with the detent to release the motor and withthelatch to determine-the extent of movementimparted to the driven member,substantially as and for the purpose described.

22. The combination of a driving. member having a uniform movement ateach' opera- 4 as a detent, for holding the motor in check,

and a series of keys of ditferent values eo-v operating with the detentto release the motor, and with the latch to determine the extent ofmovement imparted to the driven member, substantially as described.

24'. The combination of an oscillatory driving member making a completerevolution in opposite directions at each operation of the machine, adriven member, a latch for intermittently connecting the driving anddriven members, a motor for 'moving the driving member, a detent forholding the motor in check, and a series of keys of different valuesco-operating with the detent to release the motor, and with the latch todetermine the extent of movement imparted to the driven member,substantially as describe 25.- The combination of an-oscillatorydrivingdisk having a notch in its periphery and making a complete revolution inopposite directions at each operation of the-machine, a driven member, alatch moving with the driven member and co-operating with the notch inthe driving disk to intermittently connect said disk and the drivenmember, a motor for moving the driving disk, a detent for holding themotor in check, and a series of keys of difierent values co-operatingwith the detent to release the motor, and with the latch to disconnectthe driving and driven members at diiferent points determined by theoperated keys,substantially as described.

26. The combination of' a trainof registering wheels mounted upon ashaft and each provided with two gear wheels, a train of secondary gearsmounted upon a parallel .shaft, each meshingwith one of the gears .uponone of the registering wheels and provided with a tooth or projectionadapted to intermittently engage one of the gears upon I the next higherregistering wheel in the traiu, a rotary shaft, a driving gearsplinedthere- 'on and movable'into engagement with the diiferentsecondary gears, acam't'er sliding the driving gearalong its shaft tosuccessively engage itwith the ditferent secondary gears, a motor, andmeans intermediate the motor and the cam and rotary shaft for rotatingthe driving pinion and. moving it into engagement with-the differentgears, substantially as described.

, In testimony whereof I have signed my nameto this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL W. WEISS. Witnesses:

A. N. JESBERA, E. A. Gannnnv.

